Nuclear Seminar

Date
Thu, Dec 3, 2015 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
PSC 3150

Description

Speaker Name: Yi Yin

Speaker Institution: Brookhaven National Laboratory

Title: New Theoretical Developments on Search for QCD Critical Point

Abstract: Fluctuations of conserved quantities are important indicators of QCD critical point. We have derived a set of equations describing the real time evolution of non-Gaussian fluctuations in QCD critical regime by taking both universal equilibrium properties and universal non-equilibrium physics into account. We have applied our equations to model Beam energy scan program in heavy-ion collision experiment and illustrate importance of memory effect on search for QCD critical point. Finally, I will discuss two new observables which are sensitive to the presence of critical point: heavy-quark diffusion and bulk viscous pressure.